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Retirement portfolios need a rethink: Research

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2021
A sufficient level of retirement income relies on income volatility as a measure of the risk of impaired living standards in retirement rather than asset return volatility, new research shows. New research from Franklin Templeton subsidiary Martin Currie ...

Super runs out before death: ASFA

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2021
... superannuation balances will be larger when people die, as will inheritances. Superannuation is intended to fund living standards of retirees, not to accumulate wealth to pass to future generations," the report read. By 2059, the review estimated that ...

Retirement income framework on track: Frydenberg

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2021
... several issues, such as how longevity risk should be managed with the industry but made it clear that improving the living standards of retirees is a key priority. Despite minor challenges, Frydenberg put superannuation trustees on notice, saying there ...

Confusion over retirement income objectives

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2020
... income being "adequate", the report suggested that this needs to be clarified. Having adequate income to support living standards in retirement is not "building wealth per se or facilitating estate planning". It is about providing a safety net so that ...

Fifth pillar in retirement system considered

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2020
... social programs. "This acknowledges the important role social transfers in kind play in supporting effective living standards for retirees," the RIR noted. "Some social transfers in kind are targeted based on needs, while others are universal. Social ...

Superannuation critical to economic recovery

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2020
... capital for assets classes that are critical to Australia's long-term growth, economic productivity and higher living standards," he said. Over half the shareholders of Brisbane Airport are superannuation and other institutional funds, including the ...

ISA, Grattan find common ground

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2020
... couple, and deflates the future value of the pension to CPI - vastly inflating its value relative to community living standards," ISA said. "It claims all workers continuously receiving the full super guarantee in every year of their working life, despite ...

ERS doesn't justify higher SG: Grattan

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2020
... accessed their super early, four in five have not. Policy makers can only justify forcibly lowering someone's living standards during their working life - by lifting compulsory super - if they are protecting that person from an even worse outcome in ...

LGS certified carbon neutral

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2020
... form of employment opportunities for the local population, especially for women in enterprise. "They also raise living standards through clean water and solar energy as well as introducing innovations into local agriculture," Yip said. LGS' head office ...

ATO can make cost of advice cheaper: Asher

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2020
... are forced to at least offer such cover, while help from the ATO could reduce the cost of advice in improving living standards for older Australians. "It seems clear that more direct government intervention may be required - just like the introduction ...